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While in Seattle, Boeing and Westerveldt made a hobby of building their own seaplanes on the backwaters of Puget Sound. It became more than a hobby when a mechanic named Herb Munter and a number of other carpenters and craftsmen became involved. In May 1916, Boeing flew the first 'B & W' seaplane. The next month he incorporated his company as the Pacific Aero Products Company. The company's first customer was the government of New Zealand, which employed the plane for mail delivery and pilot training. In 1917 the company's name was changed to Boeing Airplane Company.
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In the early 1950s Boeing began developing a commercial jet to compete with the popular propeller-driven planes of the Douglas Aircraft Company. Launched into service in 1958, the B-707 became the basis for Boeing’s hugely successful line of commercial airliners: the 727, the 737, and the 747. In 1961 the company changed its name from the Boeing Airplane Company to The Boeing Company, reflecting its expansion into fields beyond airplane manufacture. For example, Boeing designed and built the first stages of the Saturn rockets used to launch the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon (see Apollo program).
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In 1927 Boeing created an airline named Boeing Air Transport, which merged a year later with Pacific Air Transport and the Boeing Airplane Company. The company changed its name to United Aircraft and Transport Corporation in 1929 and acquired Pratt & Whitney, Hamilton Standard Propeller Company, and Chance Vought. United Aircraft then purchased National Air Transport in 1930.
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